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Just learned last night that one of Toronto's musical icons had passed at the age of 61. :(

Paul Humphrey of Blue Peter

"The early 80s was an important time for Canadian music. After a decade of building the necessary infrastructure for a strong domestic music industry, we started producing more and more acts capable of not just doing well within our borders but also internationally. It would take a few more years before Canada really busted out onto the world stage, but the bands of the early 80s pointed towards something great.

One of those bands was Blue Peter, a Toronto synthpop group that came to be identified with the Queen Street West scene. Headed by Paul Humphrey and Chris Wardman, they had a series of alt-rock hits between 1979 and 1983. Back in the day, they were staples of the CFNY playlist (Paul won a CASBY for Best Male Vocalist in 1984) while they found opening slots for everyone from the Boomtown Rats to The Jam to Simple Minds to The Police.

Paul recorded a series of solo projects, including one with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He also worked as an actor in a few TV series.

Paul then ran into health issues with something called multiple system atrophy, a rare degenerative neurological condition that plagued him for years."

 

 

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